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287 photos and 212 illustrations tagged sheep, from 42 members of Flickr Commons.

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• publicdomain
• bldigital
• mechanicalcurator
• vol0
• large
• pubplacelondon
• sherlocknet:category=organism
• sherlocknet:tag=place
• sheepshearing
• sherlocknet:tag=land
• woolindustry
• woolshed
• medium
• sherlocknet:tag=country
• sherlocknet:tag=beauty
• sherlocknet:tag=year
• statelibraryofqueensland
• sherlocknet:tag=house
• queensland
• shepherd
• small
• sherlocknet:tag=side
• sherlocknet:tag=grand
• sherlocknet:category=landscapes

Members using this tag

• British Library 204 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 100 photos & illustrations
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 27 photos & illustrations
• Powerhouse Museum 25 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 16 photos & illustrations
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 16 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 11 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Medicine 9 photos & illustrations
• Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections 9 photos & illustrations
• Cornell University Library 8 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 7 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 7 photos & illustrations

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Luggala in sylvan splendour!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 15 older comments, and then…
• George FitzPatrick said:

  www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/vast...

• George FitzPatrick said:

  Built in 1785 or 1787 depending which source you use by the La Touche family. A Dublin Huguenot family.

• beachcomber australia said:

  Sometimes flickr is amazing! In 2017 via .Kaisu.

• Niall McAuley said:

  The current house is a replica of the original, which burnt down in 1956.

• beachcomber australia said:

  The NLI is always amazing ... Earlier stereo pair with trees nearer the house - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000564080 Contemporary? (some of the windows are in the same position) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336151 Lawrence Photographic Project 1990-91 - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000355502

A wall of sheep's bones, Vaðbrekka.

from Cornell University Library

• Brynjar Leó said:

  My mother grew up on this farm. But that was way after this picture was taken, I’m not sure my great grandfather would of settled there yet.

Shearing, opening the neck

from Powerhouse Museum

• covid convict said:

  This shearer appears in several other pics... www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2469692104/ www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/4903857080/ He also appears here...2nd left...this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail in 1904...see link at pic www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2469690890/ trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/162833166/16636431 - the Sydney Mail, 21st July, 1894...similar pic of this shearer here...see pic top row 2nd rhs...this is the earliest pic of this chap I've encountered... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163703116/16786311 - looks like another pic of this shearer appeared in the Sydney Mail on 9th December, 1899...in a feature article on the wool industry titled 'Sydney's Wool Trade - From Pasture to Port'...see 2nd page of link...pic bottom lhs titled 'Shearing by compressed air'...